Assurance of Salvation Because Jesus is God

    

27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one. (John 10:27-30)

    The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.” (John 10:33)

Some people believe they can lose their salvation so strongly that when they read these passages they rationalize it away by saying they can jump out of the hands of Jesus or the Father. But if that were so, it would mean they are greater than the Father. Believing that the elect can fall away diminishes the Father to being no more powerful than a man. But that shouldn't be surprising because the same people claim that a human is able to veto God's election.

Another part of this passage is Jesus’ statement, “I and the Father are one,” only means they are one in purpose, not that Jesus is claiming to be God. If that were true, then Jesus should have corrected the Jews who understood that Jesus was claiming to be God. Instead, Jesus doubled down in verse John 10:38 saying the Father is in him and he is in the Father. Whoever said Jesus never claimed to be God has been blinded so they can't see the truth in Scripture.

Application: I can be sure of who Jesus is and because he is God my eternal security is sure. If I were not sure, then what else in the Bible would I doubt? I would have no assurance that anything in the Bible was correct. That would be pretty scary and should question all of reality. I would have to depend on myself to make sure I’m saved and that is really bad person to trust for salvation.